Colonel W. A. Howard was authorized to recruit this organization for service
on gunboats, which were to be provided for it. The regiment was organized
at New York city. The men were recruited principally in New York city and
Buffalo; in Newark, N. J.; Chicago, Ill.; and Washington, D. C. They were
mustered in the service of the United States for three years, between November
12, 1861, and August 18, 1862. The regiment (ten companies), left the State
in detachments in 1861 and 1862, and served at Annapolis, Md., from December,
1861; Companies A to G at New Berne, N. C., in April, 1862; H and I joined
there in June, 1862, and K in August, 1862; the regiment served in North
Carolina, 18th and 10th Corps, from August, 1862. March 31, 1863, it was
disbanded and officers and enlisted men honorably discharged.

Further ReadingThis is meant to be a comprehensive list. If, however, you know of a resource that is not listed below, please send an email to int-historians@ng.army.mil with the name of the resource and where it is located. This can include photographs, letters, articles and other non-book materials. Also, if you have any materials in your possession that you would like to donate, the museum is always looking for items specific to New York's military heritage. Thank you.

Proceedings of citizens of Chicago, in relation
to the so-called "Marine artillery." [Chicago,
1862] 16 p.

Avery, William B.
The Marine artillery with the Bumside
expedition and the battle of Camden, N. C.,
by William Avery, late Captain. 1880.

White, Oliver.
Pencil sketches of service in the Marine artillery. With some incidental
reflections on the use and abuse of "shoulder-straps, and things." City:
Toulon, IL: Printed at the office of the "Stark County
news, 1863.